I don't agree. I think the point was that most people use their operating system as a vehicle for their applications so they can accomplish certain tasks. They don't turn on Windows to use Windows functionality--at least not directly--they turn on Windows to do listen to a song or type a document. I'm sure there's a large segment of the population that only uses Windows because of Office. And unless you're going to argue that Office is part of Windows, that's hardly just a "modification"--it's the reason for the season. The car analogy would be better if you said that Johnny bought a killer stereo system for his car so he could get laid this weekend.
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I don't agree. I think the point was that most people use their operating system as a vehicle for their applications so they can accomplish certain tasks. They don't turn on Windows to use Windows functionality--at least not directly--they turn on Windows to do listen to a song or type a document. I'm sure there's a large segment of the population that only uses Windows because of Office. And unless you're going to argue that Office is part of Windows, that's hardly just a "modification"--it's the reason for the season. The car analogy would be better if you said that Johnny bought a killer stereo system for his car so he could get laid this weekend.